Green Turtle Conservation in the Genomic Era-Monitoring an Endangered Mediterranean Population and Its Breeding Habits.

ABSTRACT: The Mediterranean Sea green turtle population, confined to the eastern basin, is classified as endangered by the IUCN. The small Israeli nesting population significantly contributes to the genetic variability of the Mediterranean population, underscoring the importance of Israeli shores as a key migration route. The Israeli rescue center has established the only active breeding stock in the Mediterranean, with considerable time and effort invested in its inception and operation. Here, we present a new genomic approach aimed at maximizing this population's genetic contribution to the Mediterranean. We studied 269 green turtles from both the breeding stock and the natural Mediterranean population using mitochondrial DNA short tandem repeat (STR) haplotyping and genomic double-digest RAD sequ

SUBMITTER: Ohana T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12018892 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature